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中国英国早餐英汉互译(一)
It is widely accepted that breakfast is the most important meal in the day. 早餐breakfast 由break和fast两个词组成。这里的fast不是形容词“快”的意思,而是名词,意为“斋戒、禁食”,形容漫漫长夜都没有东西吃。而早上的第一餐 breakfast,也有break the fast,解禁,可以吃东西的意思,this fast is broken by the first meal of the day referred to as breakfast。
China:
北方north:
花卷、馒头
steamed breads
烧饼
unleavened pocket-bread with sesame
包子 steamed buns with meat or vegetable stuffing 豆浆soy milk 南方south: 糍饭团 rice ball 油豆腐粉丝 a soup made by fried tofu and cellophane noodles
松花蛋配白粥 plain rice porridge served with numerous side dishes such as salted duck eggs 咸鸭蛋 century eggs 肠粉 rice noodle rolls 炒面 fried noodles 发糕 rice cakes 煎饼 thin crispy omelets with fillings folded in 萝卜糕 turnip cakes 粽子 a kind of rice cake wrapped in bamboo leaves
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